Today we met with the incredible group of people at the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF). This organization serves children who are found scavenging in Phnom Penh’s landfills and dumps for their livelihoods. It takes them out of the landfills and offers them medical care, education, vocational training, song and dance classes and most importantly housing at their three CCF facilities throughout the city. The children here range from infants to 18 year of age and arrive having suffered disease, malnutrition, abandonment and a number of other heartbreaking conditions.
CCF’s incredible work is epitomized in the lively persona of their founder- Scott Neeson, who left his career as President of 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures’ to move to Cambodia and start this organization. Neeson visited Cambodia in 2004 and after seeing the conditions of the city’s landfills and dumpsites; he quit his job, sold off his cars and houses and moved to Cambodia fulltime to start CCF.
The beautiful children we met today greeted us with hugs and songs and spent time engaging us in conversations in order to practice their impressive English skills. We were all really moved by the work being done in Cambodia by people like Neeson and his organization. This beautiful country and its courageous people continue to amaze us at every turn.
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